During the first week of NCAA Tournament play, many players around the country rose to the challen– with a group of 2t players honored by CollegeSoccer360.com as this season's 11th group of Primetime Performers of the Week.

Each week of the season, CS360 has been honoring players based on any/all of the following "primetime" criteria (i.e. not solely based on raw stats):

• Must have been playing for a CS360 top-50 team or against such a top-level opponent, or performed at a high level in conference/NCAA tournaments and/or in a game that is key to the team's NCAA qualification.

• Involved in clutch performances, such as gamewinning goals, noteworthy comebacks, late scores, team leadership, etc.

• Performing at a top level against a team rated highly nationally (or within its own conference)., with bonus consideration for key performances away from home field.

CS360 this week has selected 25 players for Primetime Performer honors, a group that includes nine forwards, five midfielders, four defenders and six goalkeepers (plus one F/D). They come from 21 different teams (two each from Boston College, Oregon State, Santa Clara and Wisconsin) and four of them are California natives, plus two each from the home states/countries of England, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania (also one each from British Columbia, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin). The 25 include one 5th-year senior, three seniors, 13 juniors, six sophomores and two freshmen.

Stanford players have combined for 14 Primetime Performer honors spanning the past 12 weeks, followed by: nine from North Carolina; seven each from Florida State, UCLA and Santa Clara; six each from Penn State, Virginia and Boston College; five each from San Diego, Portland, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, South Carolina, Oregon State and Wisconsin; four each from seven teams (Duke, Florida, Ohio State, St. John's, California, Michigan State and Wake Forest); and three each from 13 other teams (BYU, UCF, Pittsburgh, Indiana, Rutgers, USC, Missouri, West Virginia, Purdue, Arizona State, Notre Dame, Maryland and Oklahoma State).

Headshots for each of the 25 players (as available) are included in the righthand sidebar and action-photo galleries or capsule tributes (with action photos) may follow below, if/when time permits based on the timing needs of other site projects.

Note: a linked action-photo gallery and or player tribute capsules may be added to this release, on a continuing basis (similar to earlier in the season), time permitting ... all photos are courtesy of the various schools and their photographic staffs.